KT Wiz ace Ko Young-pyo (33) signed a five-year, multi-year non-FA contract worth a total of 10.7 billion won (guarantees 9.5 billion won, options 1.2 billion won) last January. With Ko Young-pyo, who will be eligible to become a free agent (FA) after the end of the 2024 season, KT has treated him as an ace early on. Signed the club's first non-FA multi-year contract.

Ko Young-pyo, who graduated from Hwasun High School and Dongguk University, joined KT after being selected 10th in the second first round of the 2014 rookie draft. His founding member, Ko Young-pyo, appeared in 231 games over a total of 7 seasons and recorded 55 wins, 50 losses, and 7 holds. A franchise pitcher who holds club records in various categories, including the most starts in the club's history (127 games), most wins (55 wins), most innings (920⅔ innings), and most shutouts (4). 

Ko Young-pyo, who has shined as a starter since the 2021 season, has 11 wins, 6 losses, 1 hold, and an ERA of 2.92 in 26 games in the 2021 season, 13 wins, 8 losses, and an ERA of 3.26 in 28 games in the 2022 season, and 12 wins, 7 losses, and an ERA of 2.78 in 28 games in the 2023 season. did. He won double-digit starting wins for three consecutive years from 2021 to 2023, and ranked first in each category, including WAR 15.87 and QS (3 earned runs or less in 6 innings as a starter) 63 times during this period. He has established himself as a leading pitcher in the KBO league.

Go Young-pyo, who we recently met at the KT spring camp set up at the Hyundai Motor Company Dream Ball Park in Gijang, Busan, said, “I am happy. “Because I can work at KT for 5 more years,” he said with a smile, “But I still feel different from before. Also, the part I need to look at is different. There was a different sense of pressure and burden than before. “I have to lead my juniors so that we can win again,” he said.

I get a lot of salary and am in good condition, so I can't stop smiling. KT also wanted Go Young-pyo, and Go Young-pyo also wanted to remain at KT.

Go Young-pyo said, “Actually, I’m still in a daze. “I just want to work hard, help my juniors, and have fun playing baseball,” he said. “I wanted to stay at KT.” KT also had an idea that he wanted to share with me. Thank you for offering good conditions. “Rather than a desire to appear in the market, I want to win one more time at KT,” he said.

Prepare for the season with a fresh mind. Go Young-pyo, who recorded 63 QSs, the most in the league over three years, has also set goals for the future. Along with winning the team championship, taking on the challenge of becoming a title holder and becoming a Golden Glove pitcher.

Go Young-pyo said, “I wasn’t too ambitious about the numbers, but now I want to get a lot of strikeouts and become a title holder once. Also, it is not easy for a domestic pitcher to win a Golden Glove, so my goal is to become a Golden Glove pitcher while playing as a starter for the next five years,” he said emphatically. 

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